by Nita Bhalla as published on Reuters.com Kenyan families left destitute by the theft and slaughter of thousands of donkeys by criminal networks supplying skins for Chinese medicine are hitting back – with vigilante gangs. Over the past three years Kenya has become the epicenter of a fast-growing […]
Source: Horsetalk.co.nz The new report shows that the ejiao market is expected to maintain a growth rate of 15% annually from 2015 to 2020… Australian consumers are playing a significant role in the global ejiao market, with the Northern Territory government said to be researching donkey farming with a […]
by Rachael Turner as published on Horse & Hound A popular product made from the skins of donkeys has been deemed “not worth buying” by Chinese health officials. Demand for ejiao, derived from donkey hides, has led to the slaughter of millions of donkeys in recent years. However, […]
By Merritt Clifton editor of Animals 24-7 “…donkeys fall into a unique and difficult niche: that of a species formerly kept almost exclusively in poorer parts of the world as a work animal…” BEIJING––Can demand for a commodity that constitutes only one ten-thousandth of the global market for […]
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